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from www.uarmy.com.ua [picture not retrievable]
located by Dov Gutterman, 25 June 2002
Colour for military units – The motto on the obverse side
(right side on this image): "For Ukraine, for her
liberty". Full name of military unit on the reverse side.
This flag was not adopted yet. But probably it will be adopted in
nearest future.
Victor Lomantsov, 26 June 2002
In the "prototype" image above the reverse
text reads literally "full name of military unit",
supposedly to be replaced with appropriate name in real flags.
Željko Heimer and Victor Lomantsov, 1 July
2002
image located by William Garrison
Posted on eBay:
Caption: Army Ukraine Special Operations Forces 73rd Naval
Center SWAT (c. 2022?)
William Garrison, 25 February 2022
image located by William Garrison
Source:
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-382322111/stock-photo-uzhgorod
Caption:
Uzhgorod, Ukraine – August 24, 2020: Veterans of the Ukrainian army
hold flags during the march of the defenders of Ukraine in honor of Independence
Day.
William Garrison, 16 August 2022
image by Pete Loeser, 27 July 2023
This light-blue flag was seen in NBC "Nightly News"
evening newscast on Nov. 14, 2022. Inside the main central logo there appears to be
"branch insignia" of 11 different branches, such as: armor (tank), parachute, artillery,
medical, etc. According to the news program, this flag was autographed by various foreign volunteers
serving in the Ukrainian military (picture).
William Garrison, 17 November 2022
image located by Zachary Harden (source)
The badge and the flag belongs to the unit "All-Ukrainian Union of
Combatants in ATO 'Brothers of Ukraine'" (Всеукраїнська спілка
учасників бойових дій в АТО 'Побратими України').
A larger flag can
be seen here (picture), and the badge can be seen here (picture).
Zachary Harden, 20 November 2022
image by Pete Loeser, 27 July 2023
This variant features the inscription ПОБРАТИМИ УКРАЇНИ
in white capital letters below the unit's badge.
(picture, source)
This is one of many veteran organizations that have appeared in the country, especially after the 2014 conflicts in Crimea and the
Donbass Region, which was labeled "ATO" (АТО в Києві).
In this case, the ATO acronym refers to the "Anti Terrorist Operation" (антитерористична операція), the denomination for the military intervention of Ukrainian forces (both multi-service and volunteer) to defend themselves against the Russian invasion of the country. (source).
This formal denomination derives from measures adopted on January 27, 2015, when the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) of Ukraine recognized the Russian Federation as the aggressor. On May 22, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada recognized the Russian Federation as a terrorist state with a totalitarian neo-Nazi regime and banned its
propaganda, as well as the propaganda of Russia's act of aggression against Ukraine. (source)
The flag is a blue horizontal background with the logo in the middle. The logo, a set of three concentric circles, displays in the inner circle the silhouette of three standing armed soldiers fielding small arms in yellow, over the map of Ukraine in dark blue, with the CoA of the country above in an armorial fashion, all inside a globe featuring longitude and latitude vectors. In the second circle, the 12 Branches of the Armed Forces, starting clockwise with Paratroopers on top, each displaying its respective CoA and background. On the outermost circle,
it features the inscription "ПОБРАТИМИ УКРАЇНИ" (Brothers of Ukraine) on top and "СПІЛКА УЧАСНИКІВ БОЙОВИХ ДІЙ В ATO" (Union Of Participants Of Combat Actions In ATO) on bottom, both in white capitals, separated by two solid yellow vignettes.
Esteban Rivera, 20 November 2022
image by Zachary Harden, 6 February 2025
Flag in blue horizontal background featuring a sword
pointing downwards and wrapped around a sash with Ukrainian
inscription "Brothers in Arms" (Braty po zbroi).
This is probably a veterans organization. They might be related to the
European Solidarity political party (formerly known as Petro
Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity").
Pictures, located by Esteban Rivera:
https://www.facebook.com... (picture)
https://www.facebook.com... (picture)
Esteban Rivera/Victor Lomantsov, 10 July 2024
I was able to see a clearer picture of the flag here (picture).
There is a note that there seems to be a formal/ceremonial flag of the NGO that can be seen
here (picture).
However, the main question of the organization is that it does help veterans. It was founded in June 2021 by members of
Petro Poroshenko's party, European Solidarity, who also happened to be military veterans. However,
information regarding the group is very vague and the organization's website is down. They have a
Facebook page for news, but the information there is
also scarce.
Zachary Harden, 6 February 2025
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The 47th Mechanized Brigade "Magura" is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 2022.
The inscription "Маґури" (Magura) refers to a mountain in the
Ukrainian Carpathians (see Brigade's Instagram article source
| English translation).
On some variants there is the Latin inscription "SEMPER AUDENTES!" (always daring!).
More information on Wikipedia.
images located by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, Nguyen Phuc Dit, Martin Karner, 18–20 June 2026
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